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Assessing the Impact of the Digital Divide on Indian Society: A Study of Social Exclusion

Swapnil Singh
Swapnil Singh
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Guru Ashish Singh
Guru Ashish Singh
   | 25 lut 2022
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Article Category: Original Scientific Article
Data publikacji: 25 lut 2022
Zakres stron: 181 - 190
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rsc-2021-0018
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© 2022 Swapnil Singh et al., published by Sciendo
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Regression Independent Digital Divide and Dependent Indian Society Coefficientsa

Model Unstandardized coefficients Standardized coefficients
B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
1 (Constant) 1.124 .246 4.578 .000
Digital_divide .709 .061 .503 11.596 .000

One-Way ANOVA for Income, Occupation, and Caste

ITEMS INCOME OCCUPATION CASTE
F Sig. F Sig. F Sig.
Item 1 5.960 .000 .487 .692 3.479 .016
Item 2 5.059 .001 1.744 .157 8.066 .000
Item 3 2.369 .052 3.969 .008 .486 .692
Item 4 2.002 .093 7.643 .000 8.354 .000
Item 5 1.008 .403 3.304 .020 1.970 .118
Item 6 .860 .488 3.408 .018 2.138 .095
Item 7 1.639 .164 2.883 .036 2.495 .060
Item 8 4.828 .001 5.374 .001 2.085 .102
Item 9 2.387 .051 9.348 .000 2.895 .035
Item 10 .063 .993 13.559 .000 4.849 .003
Item 11 4.279 .002 7.934 .000 5.437 .001
Item 12 5.263 .000 12.666 .000 4.013 .008
Item 13 5.159 .000 14.737 .000 3.727 .012

One-Sample Test For Dependent Variable

Test value = 5
t df sig. (2-tailed) mean difference 95% confidence interval of the difference
lower upper
Item 1 −25.314 399 .000 −1.240 −1.34 −1.14
Item 2 −26.676 399 .000 −1.223 −1.31 −1.13
Item 3 −25.368 399 .000 −1.000 −1.08 −.92
Item 4 −22.000 399 .000 −.907 −.99 −.83
Item 5 −26.519 399 .000 −.857 −.92 −.79

Reliability of the Research Construct

Cronbach's alpha .918
No. of items 24

Frequency and Percentage Analysis

Items Parameters Frequency Percentage
Gender male 261 65.3
female 139 34.8
Age 16 years–25 years 286 71.5
26 years–35 years 91 22.8
36 years–45 years 17 4.3
46 years–55 years 6 1.5
Educational background secondary 1 0.3
intermediate 69 17.3
graduate 162 40.5
postgraduate 152 38.0
PhD 16 4.0
Income* Rs. 10,000–Rs. 20,000 115 28.7
Rs. 21,000–Rs. 30,000 46 11.5
Rs. 31,000–Rs. 40,000 29 7.2
Rs. 41,000–Rs. 50,000 55 13.8
Above Rs. 50,000 155 38.8
Occupation student 305 76.3
government employee 23 5.8
private sector 47 11.8
other 25 6.3
Caste** general 160 40.0
OBC 180 45.5
SC 32 8.0
ST 28 7.0
Total 400 100

One-Way ANOVA for Gender, Age, & Education

ITEMS GENDER AGE EDUCATION
F Sig. F Sig. F Sig.
Item 1 .226 .635 26.541 .000 1.539 .190
Item 2 .071 .790 10.835 .000 .653 .625
Item 3 1.816 .179 6.956 .000 .538 .708
Item 4 4.029 .045 2.156 .093 3.395 .010
Item 5 7.846 .005 8.480 .000 1.783 .131
Item 6 .877 .350 5.857 .001 4.544 .001
Item 7 .274 .601 5.349 .001 1.834 .122
Item 8 4.265 .040 21.920 .000 1.337 .255
Item 9 9.435 .002 7.532 .000 3.554 .007
Item 10 3.787 .052 8.477 .000 1.129 .342
Item 11 5.817 .016 3.350 .019 .439 .781
Item 12 10.483 .001 8.954 .000 .514 .726
Item 13 7.927 .005 10.866 .000 1.398 .234

One-Sample Test for Independent Variable

Test value = 5
t df sig. (2-tailed) mean difference 95% confidence interval of the difference
lower upper
Item 1 −27.380 399 .000 −1.555 −1.67 −1.44
Item 2 −33.044 399 .000 −1.757 −1.86 −1.65
Item 3 −20.616 399 .000 −.957 −1.05 −.87
Item 4 −21.877 399 .000 −.880 −.96 −.80
Item 5 −21.237 399 .000 −.728 −.79 −.66
Item 6 −23.109 399 .000 −.648 −.70 −.59
Item 7 −25.028 399 .000 −.992 −1.07 −.91
Item 8 −16.199 399 .000 −.540 −.61 −.47
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